Meet City officials this Thursday at Ward 6 ResiStat meeting

[ron_newman]

Mayor Joseph Curtatone and Ward 6 Alderman Rebekah Gewirtz invite you to attend a Ward 6 ResiStat neighborhood meeting on Thurs., Nov. 20, at the Somerville Community Baptist Church at 31 College Ave. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and topics will include discussions of neighborhood and citywide issues, as well as other City data. Please also join us before the meeting from 6 to 6:30 p.m. for refreshments and a chance to speak one-to-one with City officials.

The meeting is hosted by the City's ResiStat program, which updates residents on the latest city news and data. For more information, contact Meghann Ackerman at mackerman@somervillema.gov or 617-625-6600 x2120.

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Resistat meeting

[mary388.livejournal.com]

I can't go. Can someone ask about the CPA tax: who is on the board, what monies have been spent. Why are water bills so high. Why is the Mayor continuing to block the revolving door syndrome. Seems to me that waiting a year before getting a well paying (and non competitive per Somerville Journal) job with the city makes sense.

Thanks!

RE: Resistat meeting

[somerfriend.livejournal.com]

Regarding CPA-see here: http://somerville.wickedlocal.com/article/20140912/NEWS/140919353/0/SEARCH and here http://www.somervillema.gov/cpa/committee most went to subsidized housing.

Regarding water bill-how much is your bill? Mine has averaged 200 for 3 people per 4 month billing period, averaging to 16 per person per month. It doesn't seem expensive.

I didn't follow the rest of it-are you referring to alderman getting jobs with city?

RE: Resistat meeting

[ron_newman]

Thanks for those links. From this, it appears that no funds have been disbursed to any project yet, since the final deadline for application is December 1.

RE: Resistat meeting

[somerfriend.livejournal.com]

I believe that is right-the allocations between the 3 categories are decided on, but the actual awarding of funds to specific projects is yet to come.

[littlecitynames.livejournal.com]

I got a leaflet about this in my mailbox even though I'm in ward 7. Really strange.

[ron_newman]

Ward 7's meeting is Monday, December 1, at West Somerville Neighborhood School, 177 Powder House Blvd. Same schedule - meet & greet at 6, formal meeting 6:30-8.

(I got no paper leaflet, just a robo-call and an e-mail.)

Other meetings in the e-mail:

Ward 2: Tuesday, December 2 at the Argenziano School

Ward 1: Monday, December 8 at East Somerville Community School auditorium

Ward 4: Monday, December 15 at Healey School cafetorium

[vonelftinhaus.livejournal.com]

I got a leaflet for the Ward 3 ResiStat meeting that didn't even have the date on it......

[ron_newman]

Ward 3's meeting already happened on November 10 :-(

What did the leaflet say?

[vonelftinhaus.livejournal.com]

I could scan it eventually but it literally had what,where and time but not when- I looked at it 3 times and had my wife look at it because I was convinced I was missing it. At the earliest it would of been left on the door the Friday before the meeting or sometime during the weekend; I called 311 on that Monday to find out the date and they eventually called me back saying it was that evening. I had a meeting with another organization that evening already planned but I was eager to attend to participate and hear present and future plans for my area of the city.

I emailed an address at there site but never heard back from anyone- is the email above a good way to contact them? I guess I could try to attend an adjoining Ward's meeting as I am sure a lot of the info is city related also

[ron_newman]

The email address goes to Meghann Ackerman who is in charge of all the ResiStat meetings. By all means, please tell her that you didn't get proper notice of your ward's meeting. (You could even bring this up if you decide to go to a neighboring ward's meeting.)